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Mass General Brigham

Senior Data Scientist

Mass General Brigham, Somerville, Massachusetts, us, 02145


About Us

As a not-for-profit organization, Mass General Brigham is committed to supporting patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community by leading innovation across our system. Founded by Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Mass General Brigham supports a complete continuum of care including community and specialty hospitals, a managed care organization, a physician network, community health centers, home care, and other health-related entities. Several of our hospitals are teaching affiliates of Harvard Medical School, and our system is a national leader in biomedical research.

We’re focused on a people-first culture for our system’s patients and our professional family. That’s why we provide our employees with more ways to achieve their potential. Mass General Brigham is committed to aligning our employees’ personal aspirations with projects that match their capabilities and creating a culture that empowers our managers to become trusted mentors. We support each member of our team to own their personal development—and we recognize success at every step.

Our employees use the Mass General Brigham values to govern decisions, actions, and behaviors. These values guide how we get our work done: Patients, Affordability, Accountability & Service Commitment, Decisiveness, Innovation & Thoughtful Risk; and how we treat each other: Diversity & Inclusion, Integrity & Respect, Learning, Continuous Improvement & Personal Growth, Teamwork & Collaboration.

The Opportunity

The Hospital Integrated Research Organization (HIRO) group at Mass General Brigham is looking for a talented and highly motivated Senior Data Scientist to join our expanding team supporting clinical research for multiple sponsored projects. As a member of the team, you will work directly with the Director of Data Science and Analytics, our group of skilled analysts and engineers, and our clients to develop new insights from complex data sets for improvements in healthcare treatment options and other research questions. The focus of the Senior Data Scientist will be to develop and refine algorithms to identify disease phenotypes that will be used for research, clinical applications, and beyond. Additional areas of focus may include Predictive Model development and validation, using Natural Language Processing (NLP) to extract information from complex data sets, and additional machine learning algorithms.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

Lead clinical research projects as determined by the research sponsor and the Director

Plan, document, and implement systems that manage complex data flow and data update strategies

Work collaboratively with the team to create and document policies regarding data usage, users, the Institutional Review Board (IRB), and the privacy committee

Research and develop statistical learning models for data analysis

Responsible for the development and implementation of NLP models, algorithms, and frameworks to support clinical research and sponsored projects

Keep up-to-date with the latest technology trends

Communicate results and ideas with co-investigators, team members, and collaborators

Implement new statistical or other mathematical methodologies as needed for specific models or analysis

Optimize joint development efforts through appropriate database use and project design

Work with sponsored and academic collaborators to understand needs and implement cutting-edge algorithms with machine learning

Communicate progress status against project plans to the project manager and key stakeholders

Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Applied Math or related field; PhD Preferred

7+ years’ practical experience with ETL, data processing, database programming, and data analytics

Experience working with healthcare and/or clinical data

Extensive background in data mining and statistical analysis (e.g., SAS, SPSS, Stata, Python, R, or MATLAB)

Able to understand various data structures and common methods in data transformation

Able to develop new techniques

Excellent pattern recognition and predictive modeling skills

Experience with programming languages such as Java, Python and/or R

Familiar with natural language processing (NLP)

Familiar with traditional machine learning algorithms

Proficient in SQL

Comfortable working independently and defining measurable, achievable goals

EEO Statement

Mass General Brigham is an Equal Opportunity Employer. By embracing diverse skills, perspectives and ideas, we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Primary Location : MA-Somerville-MGB Assembly Row

Work Locations : MGB Assembly Row 399 Revolution Drive Somerville 02145

Job : IT/Health IT/Informatics

Organization : Mass General Brigham

Schedule : Full-time

Standard Hours : 40

Shift : Day Job

Posted Shift Description : M-F Eastern Hours required Hybrid model. Expected to be on site as often as twice a week with occasional travel to MGB locations as needed for business need. Remote work requires stable secure quiet work area.

Employee Status : Regular

Recruiting Department : MGB Research IS and Computing

Job Posting : Oct 30, 2024

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